I have setup SSH using https://github.com/overbyrn/UnRAID and I have created a couple of users via the command line and everything is good.

 

Users are created via command line as I want to have better control as to what they can access.

 

Problem is as soon as I restart the server all the users disappear.  I have to go through and re-create them, unlock the account in /etc/shadow and change owners / groups and permissions the files in /home directories

 

Is there anything I am doing wrong or anything I can do to improve this (bar creating a script to re-create the users at startup)

The problem is that unRAiD runs from RAM so you have to do something to get them to survive a restart.  If you create the users via the GUI then they are persistent as unRAID re-instates them each time it boots.

If you're just trying to control share access, you set that up in the webGUI. You need a plus or pro license to get this feature.

 

Not sure if what you are trying to do will even work as far as controlling share access. In any case, unRAID unpacks a fresh copy of the OS into RAM each time it starts. /etc is one of the folders that gets unpacked fresh. The only locations that will survive a reboot are /boot (the flash drive) and /mnt (the disks). See this recent post

Thanks.  Main thing is about different users having different key.  I thought via web interface users are not real OS users?

 

Want to monitor their use, protect their home drive and limit access from a few directories

Thanks.  Main thing is about different users having different key.  I thought via web interface users are not real OS users?

Users set up by the web GUI ARE set up as standard system users.  You. Can see this by looking at the /etc/passed file.

 

Want to monitor their use, protect their home drive and limit access from a few directories

The GUI allows you to set up protection at the share level.  Anything beyond that is up to you.